UAE authorities arrest three suspects over the murder of an Israeli rabbi

Shafaq News/ The UAE Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of three people accused of the murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a representative of the Orthodox Jewish group Chabad.

In a statement on With the documents with which he entered the United Arab Emirates, the suspects, three people in total, were promptly arrested, demonstrating the ability to take decisive action against anyone who tried to undermine the security and stability of the community to endanger.

The ministry noted that Kogan’s family reported him missing on Thursday, prompting authorities to form an investigative team that led to the “discovery of the victim’s body and identification of the perpetrators.” The suspects are in custody and the necessary legal procedures have been initiated. “Full details of the incident will be revealed once the investigations are completed.”

The Israeli prime minister’s office condemned the incident, calling it an “anti-Semitic act of terrorism.” Israeli media reports, citing intelligence sources, claimed that an Uzbek cell, possibly operating under Iranian direction, was involved.

Earlier this week, UAE authorities located Kogan’s abandoned vehicle in the city of Al Ain. He reportedly disappeared while supervising kosher procedures in Dubai. Israeli media revealed that he served in the Israeli army’s Givati ​​Brigade and was an assistant to Rabbi Levi Duchman, the chief rabbi of the Jewish community in the United Arab Emirates.